boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down13
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkA myopia epidemic is sweeping the globewww.nature.comboem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoAs I understand it, it isn’t sunlight, but distance. If a child spends all its time indoors focusing on nothing farther than the walls, myopia will result.
minus-squareapplepie@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months agoWell how do you expect the kid to prepped to spend all of their adult working life in front of computer screen?
minus-squareLucidNightmare@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIf they’re lucky, and hopefully they are! There are a LOT more bad jobs out there than sitting inside and looking at screens.
minus-squareDeadful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI believe it’s a combo of sunlight and distance according to experts. https://youtu.be/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
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As I understand it, it isn’t sunlight, but distance.
If a child spends all its time indoors focusing on nothing farther than the walls, myopia will result.
Well how do you expect the kid to prepped to spend all of their adult working life in front of computer screen?
If they’re lucky, and hopefully they are! There are a LOT more bad jobs out there than sitting inside and looking at screens.
I believe it’s a combo of sunlight and distance according to experts.
https://youtu.be/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/LAkFtka3UFw?si=DbUCRzx7VvqIXleH
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